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OPERATIONS AT COLD SPRING HARBOR. 



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In case we have a new building there will be no danger of such ac- 

 cidents by freezing as that referred to, and wo shall be enabled to have 

 our work all on one floor and to do much better than has been done, 

 both in salt and in fresh water. 



The following tables show the distribution of the various kinds Of 

 fish handled at this station during the season : 



Table I. — Distribution of whitefish from Cold Spring Harbor in 1880. 



Date 



Feb. 16 



Feb. 23 



Mar. 12 



Apr. 3 



Messenger. 



C.H.Walters 

 O. V. Rogers . . 

 O. V. Rogers . . 

 O. V. Rogers . . 



Total 



Where ulanted. 



Large mill-pond near Riverhead, N. Y 



Ronkonkoma Lake, Long Island 



Saint John's Lake, Long Island 



Saint John's Lake, Long Island 



Number. 



912,300 



Table II. — Distribution of lake trout from Cold Spring Harbor in April and May, 1886. 



Table III. — Distribution of Atlantic salmon from Cold Spring Harbor in April and May, 

 1886, on account of the U. S. Fish Commission. 



Table IV. — Distribution of landlocked salmon from Cold Spring Harbor in May, 1886. 



